Beef

ALL Natural | NO growth hormones or steroids | Dry Aged 21 days | Naturally Lean

You can really taste the difference in our home grown, pasture raised beef! Our cows roam on 14,000 acres of wide open Nebraska sandhill grass (see it!) and drink windmill pumped water fresh from the ground. We never use hormones, steroids or animal by-products - only pasture grass, our own harvested ranch hay and natural Nebraskan sun.

Typical beef in the stores is standard grade meat and minimally aged but we like ours dry aged for 21 days to ensure the most tender meat available.

Grain-Finished or Grass-Finished? You get to choose! We offer both grain finished beef and grass finished beef. Adding distiller's grain in the last 90-100 days provides the delicious marbling that allows our beef to grade at choice and prime. The grass beef is pasture raised and finished which offers a much leaner meat so we have included a natural flaxseed supplement to increase healthy omega-3's.

What's the Timeline?

It takes ~24 months to get a critter to a size that is more natural for butchering. You want it developed enough for the frame to support good muscle development, a nice marbling of fat but not heavy laden with fat so that that's all you end up paying for! What you generally find in the grocery store is ~14 months. It can take 6 months to even get an appointment at a butcher! Once you actually get to harvest time, it's still a month before it's available for pick up. In that month, there's delivery to the butcher, processing, hanging for 21 days, cutting to our specifications and a hard freeze before transporting.

Quarters | Halves | Whole Beef

* All deposits are not refundable.

The Process:

  1. Email us with your order. Provide your contact information and pay your deposit to reserve your beef. Quarters are a standard cut.
  2. About 3 weeks before pick up, we will know the final carcass weight and will email the final balance with the pick up date and times.
  3. Pick up your beef in Littleton and pay the remaining balance with cash or check. It will be frozen but we suggest bringing blankets to wrap the bags of beef until you can get home.
Plan on needing about 4 to 5 cubic feet of freezer space for a quarter of beef.

1300 pounds

One of our cows

900 lb carcass

Where various cuts of beef come from on the cow.

440lbs packaged meat

Approximate pounds (whole/quarter)

Steaks 120 / 30
Roasts 60 / 15
Hamburger 240 / 60
Stew, etc. 20 / 5
Pie chart of distribution of cuts

These charts give an idea of the types and amounts of cuts you could expect from a quarter of grain-finished beef.

Actual results will vary; this is only a guide.

Typical Cuts per QUARTER of Beef include:

STEAKS: (standard cut: 1" thickness)

4 Filets ( ½ lb each)
1 Flatiron or Flank ( ½ lb each)
8 Strip ( ½ lb each)
6 Sirloins ( ½ lb each)
8 Rib ( ¾ lb each)

ROASTS: ( 3+ pounds each)

4 Rump
1 Sirloin
1 Arm
1 Chuck
2 pks Short Ribs
1 Brisket
4 pks Stew Meat (1+ lb packages)
60 lbs Ground Beef [94/6] (1 lb packages)

Approximate Costs

Grain Finished Beef: $4.10 / pound (based on carcass-weight)

Quarter Half
Carcass Weight 230lbs (approx.) 460lbs (approx.)
Deposit $250 $500
Balance $693 $1386
Total $943 $1886

Finished, priced by the piece:

Premium Steaks: Rib, T-Bone, Filet, Flatiron $14.00 / lb
Quality Steaks: Sirloin, Strip $12.00 / lb
Roasts $8.50 / lb
Stew Meat $6.50 / lb
Ground Beef $6.50 / lb

Grass Finished Beef: $4.80 / pound (based on carcass-weight)

Quarter Half
Carcass Weight 200lbs (approx.) 400lbs (approx.)
Deposit $250 $500
Balance $710 $1420
Total $960 $1920

Finished, priced by the piece:

Premium Steaks: Rib, T-Bone, Filet, Flatiron $16.00 / lb
Quality Steaks: Sirloin, Strip $14.00 / lb
Roasts $10.00 / lb
Stew Meat $8.00 / lb
Ground Beef $7.50 / lb

* Prices subject to change before deposit without notice.

* We reserve the right to refuse sale to anyone.

Contact Information:

Sales - Littleton, Colorado
The Ranch - 710 North Highway 61, Arthur, NE 69121 View Map
Mackenzie's contact info: info@FlyingUCattle.com
Thank You for your interest in Flying U Cattle beef. We look forward to working with you!
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